The feature debut from Australian director Nicholas Verso is a coming of age drama that featured at both the 2016...
The feature debut from Australian director Nicholas Verso is a coming of age drama that featured at both the 2016 Toronto and Venice Film Festivals.
"The year is 1997. Corey (Toby Wallace) and Jonah (Gulliver McGrath) were friends when they were little, but the cruel caprices of adolescence gradually rendered Jonah a pariah while Corey was welcomed into a fold of skateboarding bullies. Halloween arrives, and Corey's friends get suited up for a night of weed smoking, drinking, vandalism, and girl chasing — in other words, business as usual. But Corey, who can no longer countenance the skaters' merciless harassment of Jonah, winds up taking on a very different itinerary. He finds Jonah and together the boys go on an all-night trek that's half descent into old fears and nightmares, half reckoning with the future." (Toronto International Film Festival)
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"The young cast give it a good crack but cannot overpower the weight of contrivance."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Most of the energy in the piece comes from Holborrow, whose Jango delights in his reputation as the neighbourhood sociopath, and Mitzi Ruhlmann as Corey's smart girlfriend, who's fast tiring of his reluctance to grow up – as was I."
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Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald"Nicholas Verso’s evocative feature debut conjures a distinctive teen tale that flits between suburban adolescent hijinks and something more hallucinatory."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Too self-conscious to be scary, too studied to be emotionally alive."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Stand back from Boys in the Trees, as this inert Australian coming-of-age drama comes a cropper by the half-hour mark."
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Herald Sun
Herald Sun"...essentially a winner..."
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FilmInk
FilmInk"Who knew to mesh the American Halloween aesthetic to Adelaide streets, skateboard culture and Dinosaur Jr?"
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ABC
ABCBoys in the Trees | Details
- Runtime
- 112
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Australia
